Třída: Actinopterygii - paprskoploutví
Řád: Perciformes - ostnoploutví
Čeleď: Carangidae - kranasovití

Synonyma: Trachurus picturatus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855); Trachurus symmetricus symmetricus (Ayres, 1855); Caranx symmetricus Ayres, 1855; Decapterus polyaspis Walford & Myers, 1944.

Reference: Ayres, W. O. 1855. [Descriptions of new species of Californian fishes.] A number of short notices read before the Society at several meetings in 1855. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (Ser. 1) v. 1 (pt 1): 23-77.